The evening, an hour-long conversation with KGO radio host Ray Taliaferro, was more a tribute to Bonds than an actual interview. Taliaferro, who all but blew kisses at the man he called a close friend, practically hyperventilated as he recited a list of Bonds' career accomplishments, including the all-time home run record he claimed from Hank Aaron this summer. Then Taliaferro asked his first question: "Did you really do all of that?"
Bonds immediately answered: "I did, and then I got fired. Shame on me, huh?"